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    the atmosphere was ineffable, it felt like the whole panhandle was in the Eagles Stadium. The atmosphere is nonsensical, two minutes into the first quarter, I receive the ball on second down and make a good deranged play then fall. Four of Tate's Football players fall on my ankle and I roll it. Halftime comes, the trainers rush me to the weight room and tape my ankles up like a box getting shipped off or Christmas gifts getting all boxed up. By the time the trainers got done wrapping me up and…

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    because I felt as if I didn’t need to listen to my foster parents because they weren’t my real parents. They always tried to discipline me as a kid but it could never work, that’s when football came in. it was far more than hard work, dedication, and long days of being fatigue; there was a more valuable lesson behind football which was family, discipline, and hope. Growing up with foster parents was so hard because I felt that no one was ever there for me. While all this time that I thought…

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    I was born on October 10, 2002 in Newark, Ohio. In 2007 I started school here at Licking Valley and started playing sports as soon as possible. I started out playing baseball and football but now I play lacrosse instead of baseball. A few years later in 2010 my mom got married to my step dad in North Carolina. Shortly after we bought a vacation home in Texas from one of our friends that lives down there. About a year later my grandparents moved in our vacation home and bought a new trailer…

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    1. I enjoy playing ball hockey in my free time. Ball hockey is similar to ice hockey because the rules and regulations are almost the same. The main difference is that we play on roller blades and balls instead of ice skates and pucks. This game requires 12 players, six on each team one goalie, three forwards, and two defensemen. 2. The cerebellum can be found behind the brainstem near the skull vertebrates. This area of the brain manages body movement by processing incoming data from the…

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    Argument Essay Structure Are competitive sports safe for children is hotly contested because people hold varying opinions on the issue. Some people argue that competitive sports aren’t safe and cause injuries. Others argue, differently, that competitive sports are safe. However Research shows that competitive sports are becoming safer because sport companies are making sports safer by making new equipment, changing the rules to make the game safer, and requiring coaches know how to deal with…

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    Specificity - What is it? How does it relate to Touch Rugby? It is when we need to exercise or put a certain skill into a training program so that we can become better at the sport. It relates to touch rugby because if we practised on a certain skill like passing you will get better at your passing so come to the game you will have a better pass then you had before because your technique is different. Progressive Overload - What is it? How does it relate to Touch Rugby? Progressive overload…

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    recently. Play On! The Hidden History of Women's Australian Rules Football explores how the game spread from west to east and reveals little-known facts about women in sport and women in society. Featuring fascinating material drawn from interviews with women who participated in games as far back as the 1930s, plus dozens of unpublished evocative images of female players and teams, this is a book that anyone interested in football, history or creative non-fiction will not want to miss. Before…

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    Why does sport matter? The moment of elation when I scored a winning basket, qualified for sectionals, or crossed the finish line of the hardest race was the reason I played sports. However, those moments would not have been gratifying in the least bit had it not been for the hours of hard work and perseverance I fueled into my training. Any coach or athlete will say, “Playing sports builds character,” but what constitutes character? Athletes “build character” by working hard and practicing…

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    sportswear into the major leagues, junior leagues have not integrated it, so parents have not always allowed their children to participate in such sports. B. In her essay, "Would Football without Concussions Still Be Football?" writer and journalist Nina Burleigh provides the parents' reasoning, "More publicity about football and brain injuries is anecdotally causing more parents to keep their kids off the field." V. Conclusion: "The doing is good. The standing-by-watching is bad." A. Golinkin…

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    Fences is a great film that everyone should view in their lifetime. The film takes places in the 1950s and shows a black family’s struggles. In the opening scene the main character, troy, is working but is complaining with his best friend Bono about the white man always being above the black man. This carries into a scene which starts out warms with tory showing affection to his wife rose but quickly changes gears when Lyon shows up and asks for money. This gets serious because troy does not…

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